14-718: [REDACTED] Look up Gayton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gayton may refer to: Places [ edit ] Gayton, Merseyside Gayton, Norfolk Gayton, Northamptonshire Gayton, Staffordshire Gayton Engine , Lincolnshire Gayton le Marsh , Lincolnshire Gayton le Wold , Lincolnshire Gayton Thorpe , Norfolk People [ edit ] Gayton (surname) Gayton McKenzie , South African politician and businessman Gayton P. Osgood (1797–1861), American politician Other [ edit ] Gayton Hall , Herefordhire Gayton House, one of
28-580: A charity that works to recover missing children. Controversially, the charity, The Joslin Smith Foundation, was founded by McKenzie himself only a few weeks prior. In 2022, then Central Karoo District Municipality mayor, Gayton McKenzie raised R3 million for service delivery at a gala dinner fundraising event in Sandton. The money was never deposited into the municipality's bank accounts. In 2023, Eugene Botha, national head of legal affairs for
42-507: A convicted former criminal and 26s gang boss who was jailed for robbery for 17 years, has been alleged to have links to gang members as party leader of the Patriotic Alliance. In 2022, McKenzie was involved in the transfer of Eldorado Park gangster Jermaine Prim from a medium-security to a maximum-security facility; a move described as part of a gang war. In 2024, a Mail & Guardian investigation alleged McKenzie's party
56-483: A highly critical open letter to Economic Freedom Fighters president Julius Malema , which gained widespread attention. In the letter and in subsequent interviews, McKenzie referred to Malema as the "biggest threat facing South Africa". This was based partly on the EFF's policies on land expropriation and nationalisation. The primary criticism, however, was focused on the character of Malema himself, whom he accused of not being
70-417: A real revolutionary, a "false prophet" whose promises would take South Africa to civil war and someone who had "stolen" significant amounts of public money during his political ascent. Malema dismissed the letter as predictable rhetoric prior to an election. In 2024 Gayton McKenzie was appointed to the position of Minister of Sports, Art and Culture. He promptly pledged his ministerial salary to be donated to
84-776: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gayton [REDACTED] Look up Gayton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gayton may refer to: Places [ edit ] Gayton, Merseyside Gayton, Norfolk Gayton, Northamptonshire Gayton, Staffordshire Gayton Engine , Lincolnshire Gayton le Marsh , Lincolnshire Gayton le Wold , Lincolnshire Gayton Thorpe , Norfolk People [ edit ] Gayton (surname) Gayton McKenzie , South African politician and businessman Gayton P. Osgood (1797–1861), American politician Other [ edit ] Gayton Hall , Herefordhire Gayton House, one of
98-508: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gayton McKenzie Gayton McKenzie (born 10 March 1974) is a South African politician, businessman and ex-convict who is currently serving as Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture in the Government of National Unity (GNU) since July 2024. After spending eight years in jail from age 21 for armed robbery, McKenzie came to prominence in
112-519: Is funded by the daughter of slain 27s gang boss William “Red” Stevens; McKenzie denied the claims made in an audio recording by a councillor. In 2024, McKenzie was criticised for his alleged xenophobic and Anti-African comments when he questioned the right of Chidimma Adetshina , who has immigrant parents, to contest the Miss South Africa contest. It later emerged from a Department of Home Affairs investigation that Adetshina's birth
126-543: The Heidedal neighborhood of Bloemfontein , South Africa. He used his story of changing from a life of crime to attaining success as a businessman as the basis for his motivational talks. He has gone on to work as a consultant in the mining industry and runs a diversified business with interests in several sectors. McKenzie launched the Patriotic Alliance political party on 30 November 2013, and became
140-592: The Houses of Harrow School Gayton Windmill (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gayton . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gayton&oldid=1225700974 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
154-540: The Houses of Harrow School Gayton Windmill (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gayton . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gayton&oldid=1225700974 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732801193826168-533: The Patriotic Alliance and in whose bank account the money was later found, said that the money would be treated as a donation to the Patriotic Alliance and declared to the IEC. In 2024, the Western Cape High Court ordered that McKenzie and the law firm linked to Botha, Botha E & Erasmus Y Inc, hand over relevant documents to investigators looking into allegations of corruption. Gayton McKenzie,
182-709: The early 2000s for his role in a prison exposé that eventually led to his early release amid an investigation of prison corruption by the Jali Commission of Inquiry. After his release from jail, he became a businessman, motivational speaker and author. From 2022 to 2023, he served as the Executive Mayor of the Central Karoo District Municipality . In 2013, McKenzie co-founded the Patriotic Alliance political party and has since served as its president. McKenzie grew up in
196-489: The party's first president. McKenzie, along with long-time friend Kenny Kunene, have become known for using open letters to provoke political debate, cause controversy and attract attention. Kunene left the Economic Freedom Fighters shortly after its formation before helping to launch the Patriotic Alliance. At the end of April 2014, just more than a week before the elections of 7 May, McKenzie wrote
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